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<p>[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 120059, member: 56"]I guess once a crack in something like the platform of a cake stand reaches a certain size, then the weight of the separating piece is enough to aggravate the situation.</p><p><br /></p><p>When you cut glass, of course you don't cut it, you scratch it, and then provide stress that causes the glass to crack along the scratch. I suppose a heavy enough utensil mark might provide a sufficient scratch, but it's difficult to imagine a pound cake supplying sufficient stress, even if it was all heaped off to one side.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 120059, member: 56"]I guess once a crack in something like the platform of a cake stand reaches a certain size, then the weight of the separating piece is enough to aggravate the situation. When you cut glass, of course you don't cut it, you scratch it, and then provide stress that causes the glass to crack along the scratch. I suppose a heavy enough utensil mark might provide a sufficient scratch, but it's difficult to imagine a pound cake supplying sufficient stress, even if it was all heaped off to one side.[/QUOTE]
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